Supragal Posted July 19, 2007 Share Posted July 19, 2007 If you are saying that someone has past their retirement age, is it past or passed? I've got myself confused. Pretty sure it's past... I know there are loads of picky Engligh language people on here... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hiten55 Posted July 19, 2007 Share Posted July 19, 2007 thought i knew the answer, but i dont Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyknox Posted July 19, 2007 Share Posted July 19, 2007 past Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Rob_ Posted July 19, 2007 Share Posted July 19, 2007 I believe its passed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlotte Posted July 19, 2007 Share Posted July 19, 2007 It's past. It's so strange because I've had a problem lately with past and passed. Maybe it's our ages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewOW Posted July 19, 2007 Share Posted July 19, 2007 I think its passed. Edit: Its like passing something in the street, rather than referring to something in his past, etc. Maybe I'm wrong, but thats how I would read it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tDR Posted July 19, 2007 Share Posted July 19, 2007 Past retirement age. Passed an exam. Cheers, Brian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim_supra Posted July 19, 2007 Share Posted July 19, 2007 I not 100% sure but, In the way you have written it it's passed. if you put 'is' instead of 'has' it would be past. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Rob_ Posted July 19, 2007 Share Posted July 19, 2007 I think its passed. Edit: Its like passing something in the street, rather than referring to something in his past, etc. Maybe I'm wrong, but thats how I would read it. Thats what I was thinking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragonball Posted July 19, 2007 Share Posted July 19, 2007 http://www.surrey.ac.uk/Skills/pack/english/past.html Use ‘passed’ for the verb (and its past participle); ‘past’ for all other uses: e.g. He passed me the ball. He has passed. in the past (noun); he went past (adverb); in past ages (adjective); he ran past me (preposition) good question - had me thinking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewOW Posted July 19, 2007 Share Posted July 19, 2007 I not 100% sure but, In the way you have written it it's passed. if you put 'is' instead of 'has' it would be past. Yeah that! Its how the sentence is phrased. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlotte Posted July 19, 2007 Share Posted July 19, 2007 Yeah that! Its how the sentence is phrased. It's still past. Passed is the past tense form of the verb to pass which means to move forward or through. Past means gone by or ended. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spidermonkey Posted July 19, 2007 Share Posted July 19, 2007 You are reffering to passing something (ie passed an exam) so id go for passing retirement/passed retirement mat wel be wrong though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snooze Posted July 19, 2007 Share Posted July 19, 2007 Past. "Passed" is ALWAYS a verb "Past" is NEVER a verb After he passed his birthday, he was past his retirement age. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivan Posted July 19, 2007 Share Posted July 19, 2007 Go by the rule at Paul's link: Paul is past retirement age. Paul has passed retirement age. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRalphMan Posted July 19, 2007 Share Posted July 19, 2007 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supragal Posted July 19, 2007 Author Share Posted July 19, 2007 Thanks guys, I think that's cleared it up. I'm uselss with Verbs, Nouns etc I'm sure we never really covered them at school, makes learning foreign languages fun!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lukeyboy2k Posted July 19, 2007 Share Posted July 19, 2007 I'm uselss with Verbs, Nouns etc I'm sure we never really covered them at school, makes learning foreign languages fun!!! I always thought it strange at school when trying to learn foreign languages how the teachers used to talk about adverbs, past participles etc. I had a fairly middle class education and was considered very bright as a child, yet I was never taught much about sentence construction in English language classes - how the hell are we supposed to know what these words mean when trying to learn a foreign language? The only types of words I was confident about their meanings were verbs, nouns and adjectives. I don't know how kids are educated today, but I think there is a lot to be said about how people of my parents generation were educated with respect to the building blocks of mathematics and English language. *waits for grammatical errors to be highlighted* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivan Posted July 19, 2007 Share Posted July 19, 2007 I don't know how kids are educated today, but I think there is a lot to be said about how people of my parents generation were educated with respect to the building blocks of mathematics and English language. Ther tawt in txt spk innit m8. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted July 19, 2007 Share Posted July 19, 2007 I wonder if it's an abbreviation of "surpassed" retirement age? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supragal Posted July 19, 2007 Author Share Posted July 19, 2007 I always thought it strange at school when trying to learn foreign languages how the teachers used to talk about adverbs, past participles etc. I had a fairly middle class education and was considered very bright as a child, yet I was never taught much about sentence construction in English language classes - how the hell are we supposed to know what these words mean when trying to learn a foreign language? The only types of words I was confident about their meanings were verbs, nouns and adjectives. I don't know how kids are educated today, but I think there is a lot to be said about how people of my parents generation were educated with respect to the building blocks of mathematics and English language. *waits for grammatical errors to be highlighted* I'm so glad I'm not the only one!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixelfill Posted July 19, 2007 Share Posted July 19, 2007 I not 100% sure but, In the way you have written it it's passed. if you put 'is' instead of 'has' it would be past. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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